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Case 1:09-md-02017-LAK Document 666-2 Filed 01/13/12 Page 23 of 57 helped develop and prosecute impact litigation in the areas of arbitration, banking, credit and insurance. Ms. Nugent received her undergraduate degree in History from Wesleyan University in 1991 and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1998. Ms. Nugent is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Benjamin D. Brown Benjamin Brown, a Partner at Cohen Milstein, joined the firm in 2005 and is a member of the Antitrust practice group. He has extensive experience leading complex litigation, particularly class actions. In 2010, the Legal 500 recognized Mr. Brown as one of the nation’s leading class action antitrust attorneys. Mr. Brown is a contributing author of the ABA’s Antitrust Class Actions Handbook, and, since 2005, has served as a state editor for the ABA's Survey of State Class Action Law. He coauthored chapters on private antitrust recovery actions for the 2008 and 2010 Global Competition Review's Antitrust Review of the Americas. Most recently, Mr. Brown co-authored with fellow partner Douglas Richards a forthcoming article for the Rutgers Law Journal entitled, Predominance of Common Questions – Common Mistakes in Applying the Class Action Standard. He discussed joint civil and criminal investigations and litigation as a featured panelist on both the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) 2009 Summer CLE Program and the 2010 University of Texas Law School’s Review of Litigation Symposium. Mr. Brown has been honored by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for outstanding commitment in pro bono litigation. He has been a guest on CNBC's "Power Lunch" and has also been interviewed regarding antitrust class actions by various television affiliates and radio networks. Mr. Brown currently serves as co-lead counsel or on steering committees for plaintiffs in, among other cases, In re Aspartame Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Pa.); In re Plasma-Derivative Protein Therapies Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.); Allen, et al. v. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (D. Vt.); In Re Puerto Rican Cabotage Antitrust Litigation. (S.D. Fla.); and Carlin, et al. v. DairyAmerica, Inc. (E.D. Ca.). He has served as class counsel in numerous other successful cases litigated across the country at all levels of federal appeals, helping to achieve over one hundred million dollars worth of recoveries on behalf of clients. Mr. Brown came to Cohen Milstein after four years as a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice. While there, Mr. Brown led and assisted in numerous investigations, litigations and trials involving anticompetitive conduct and mergers. Mr. Brown also prosecuted criminal cases as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, he was in private practice with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., handling insurance coverage and antitrust litigation. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Brown served as a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mr. Brown graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Mr. Brown is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia. - 21 -
Case 1:09-md-02017-LAK Document 666-2 Filed 01/13/12 Page 24 of 57 Carol V. Gilden Carol Gilden, a Partner at Cohen Milstein, is a member of the Securities Fraud/Investor Protection practice group. She is the resident Partner at the Firm’s Chicago office. Ms. Gilden represents public pension funds, Taft-Hartley Benefit Funds, private pension funds and high net worth individuals. Ms. Gilden has extensive experience in protecting the rights of investors, including five years of experience as an enforcement attorney in the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Ms. Gilden worked at the Chicago law firm of Much Shelist, where she was the head of the securities class action practice and the Vice Chair of the firm’s Class Action Department. Ms. Gilden has served as co-lead counsel in the Sears/Sears Acceptance Corp. Securities Litigation, Sara Lee Securities Litigation, 99 Cents Only Stores Securities Litigation, and the City of Chicago's case against on-line travel providers. Ms. Gilden also served on the Executive Committees of the Global Crossing Securities Litigation (settlements of $448 million) and the Merrill Lynch & Co. Research Reports cases ($125 million settlement). Among other notable cases, Ms. Gilden served as co-lead counsel in the ML Lee Securities Litigation and Smith Kline Litigation which settled for $33 million and $30 million respectively, as well as lead counsel in Pacha et. al. v. McKesson Corporation, et.al., a private action which settled for a confidential sum, and as liaison counsel and a litigation team member in the Waste Management Litigation, which settled for $220 million. Under her leadership, the firm also served as active members of the litigation teams in the AOL Time Warner Securities Litigation ($2.5 billion settlement) and Salomon Analyst Litigation/In re AT&T ($75 million settlement). In addition to her work on behalf of clients, Ms. Gilden publishes scholarly articles and course materials, and lectures at key industry conferences and seminars. She is an author and co-author of articles published by the National Law Journal, Courts Grapple with Lead-Counsel Auctions; IICLE on Illinois Causes of Action, Shareholder Derivative Suits; the American Bar Association, The Impact of Central Bank on Securities Fraud Litigation: The Plaintiffs' Perspective; Illinois Bar Journal, Proposed Rule 225: A Death Warrant for Class Actions in Illinois; and Practising Law Institute on Class Actions Litigation (2006 and 2007): A Hybrid 23(B)(2) Rule For Hybrid Class Actions New Developments In The Use Of Rule 23(b)(2) In Class Certification; and The Evolving Use of Rule 23(b)(2) in Hybrid Class Actions Seeking Monetary Damages: A Hybrid Approach. In January 2005, Ms. Gilden testified against Proposed Rule 225 before the Illinois Supreme Court’s Rules Committee. Ms. Gilden is a regular presenter at conferences and seminars around the country, including investor conferences and symposiums. She has spoken on shareholder rights, corporate ethics and financial regulatory reform, as well as various aspects of securities litigation and class action law, including class certification standards and trends, financial reporting, officer and director liability, insurance risks, deferred prosecution agreements, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, companies in financial crisis, settlements and best practices in claims administration. These conferences and seminars were held by such diverse organizations as the American Bar Association, Practising Law Institute, National Institute on Class Actions, Illinois CPA Foundation, Hines Insurance Symposium, the Ohio and Wisconsin Bar Associations, Chicago Bar Association, Vanderbilt Law School, the National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys, and other organizations. - 22 -
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